In NY heroin bust, 31 grams of cocaine was called a "Reggie Miller"

Thirty-two people were charged today in a massive heroin bust in western New York as part of a 13-month investigation known as “Operation Crazy Train.”

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and State Police superintendent Joseph D’Amico said the network funneled narcotics into Rochester, Buffalo and neighboring communities.

The investigation led to the seizure of nearly $1 million worth of heroin, several hundred thousand dollars worth of cocaine and tens of thousands of dollars in cash, authorities said.

“Heroin has become one of the deadliest forces attacking communities across New York and the country,” Schneiderman said in a statement. “Takedowns like this one strike a significant blow to the criminal element of narcotics trafficking, particularly across Western New York."

The charges were made public in Monroe County Court. In one ring, heroin was allegedly transported to the Rochester area from Massachusetts and the Bronx, while the cocaine came via Manhattan, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Pennsylvania. In another, drugs were allegedly distributed in the high-crime section of Rochester known as “the Flambos,” Schneiderman said.

Three kilograms of cocaine was once found during a traffic stop in an end table with a false bottom. In other instances, police found side-view mirrors of cars packed with cocaine and shipped to Western New York from Puerto Rico.